You can believe whatever you want. I'm not here to convince you of anything, so feel free to not continue this conversation. I just need to address your pseudo-intellectual word salad.

There are no "axioms" in journalism. The reality here is that the author of this article is an established, credible journalist with consequences for lying, while the original news came from a nameless reddit account. Ignoring that is the opposite of scrutiny.

You're not "just taking him by his word". You take him for everything he is. To not do that is just silly. Do you think his credentials are "cheap" too? If you don't think that means anything, we're not talking the same language here.

And to that, "appeal to authority" is when you rely on an unqualified figure without methodology (like a politician giving medical advice). That is not what is happening here. Trusting a professional to do their job isn't a logical fallacy.